Lost Cat Found Five Years Later Thanks to Microchip

Even though microchips are not required in all situations when it comes to pet travel, we recommend them to all of our customers. It's simply a good idea to have a back-up plan in place; no one ever plans to lose their pet, but you never know when life will present you with something unexpected.

Take this news story, for example. Willow the cat escaped from her Colorado home five years ago, and thanks to her microchip (and the fact that her owners kept the information up-to-date), she was recently discovered living in Manhattan (that's over 1,800 miles away!). She'll soon be returned to her excited -- and somewhat puzzled -- owners, who are thankful they decided to safeguard Willow with the chip. (The cat's owner even says she'd microchip her kids if she could.)